March 2020

Nursing home operators are sounding the alarm after President Donald Trump released a fiscal year 2021 budget proposal that would severely reduce spending for the Medicaid and Medicare programs.

Daily pay rates in November under the Patient Driven Payment Model were above federal regulators’ forecast by an estimated 5.27%, a report released in late January by the Zimmet Healthcare Services Group...

Long-term care providers are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to withdraw a potentially very costly proposal.

When a close loved one dies, normal emotional trauma is accompanied by a greater risk of heart attack. But short-term preventive drug therapy may reduce the odds of experiencing this “broken heart,”...

Nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers sent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma a letter in mid-February, expressing concerns over a plan that would slice 8% from Medicare payments for...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently said that it plans to combine and standardize its eight separate consumer-facing “Compare” websites, including Nursing Home Compare. Long-term...

Residents who exercise are far less likely to suffer falls, an analysis published in JAMDA found.

Bruce Chernof, M.D., President & CEO, The SCAN Foundation

The arrival of the 2020 Census may mean more work for administrators who will be responsible for ensuring residents are counted correctly during this year’s campaign.

Besides cuts to entitlement programs, President Trump’s budget proposal included another major provision affecting long-term providers: a proposed unified payment system that has been promoted by advisory...